Federal (USV)

Private

George W. Barker

He moved with his family to Kalamazoo, MI in about 1851, then to Wisconsinn about 1852. By 1859 he was living in Outagamie County, WI. Listed from Shiocton, he enlisted in Company B, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry on 4 May 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.

The rest of the War

He was again wounded, at Beverly Ford, VA (date not given). He mustered out at the end of his term of service, on 29 June 1864.

After the War

He returned to Wisconsin and was in the sawmill business. He married Charlotte Madill (1847-1932) in 1873, and was a farmer on his father-in-law Abel Madill's place in Waupaca County by 1895. He was a member of the GAR Post 170, Birnamwood, WI.

References & notes

Basic information from Bryant1, with details from a sketch in Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties (1895). His gravesite is online from Findagrave.